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Published on June 15, 2026

As a result of global warming, disasters in high-altitude mountain regions are becoming more complex and destructive. Rockfalls, glacial breakups, and flash floods can now trigger a chain reaction over dozens of kilometers. From the Alps to the Himalayas, scientists are calling for a rethinking of mountain region development and for local communities to be better integrated into early warning systems to minimize loss of life.
As a result of global warming, glaciers, mountain slopes, and (…)

Published on January 29, 2026

New in situ X-ray scattering experiments reveal how additives act at the prenucleation stage. The research was carried out on ID15A with very challenging samples. The results could lead to more efficient and environmentally-friendly materials and are out now in Nature Communications.
Additives are small amounts of extra molecules mixed into a material as it forms crystals. They can slow down or speed up crystal formation, change the shape or size of the crystals, or even steer the process (…)

Published on December 10, 2025

Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, two new studies present an in-depth analysis of the atmosphere of the planet β Pictoris b using interferometry with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). These observations extend, for the first time, both the spectral resolution and wavelength coverage of exoplanet spectra obtained through ground-based interferometry. The analysis of its atmospheric carbon-to-oxygen ratio provides key clues about its formation process. The results (…)

Published on December 02, 2025

Already positioned in the global top 200 of the 2025 Shanghai Ranking, Université Grenoble Alpes further confirms its excellence and scientific vitality with the publication of the 2025 Shanghai Subject Ranking on November 18, 2025. This year, UGA appears in 30 disciplines, maintaining its position as the third most represented French university in terms of the number of ranked disciplines—behind Sorbonne Université and Université Paris-Saclay—and reaching the world top 100 in 10 fields .It (…)

Published on December 02, 2025

Between June and October 2025, a team from the institut des sciences de la Terre (ISTerre-OSUG, CNRS / IRD / UGA / Univ. Savoie Mont-Blanc / Univ. Gustave Eiffel) conducted a major geophysical campaign in Albania focused on natural hydrogen. For four months, researchers worked in the Bulqizë ophiolite, one of Europe’s most promising sites, to investigate its deep structure and understand the geological processes that generate and transport this little-known gas.
Probing a Complex Natural (…)

Published on November 26, 2025

The NOEMA radio-interferometer has characterized an accretion streamer feeding a young protoplanetary disk. This flow of interstellar material has a major impact on the physical structure and chemistry of this disk, influencing how future planets would form in this system. This breakthrough was made possible by the work carried out by Maxime Tanious during his PhD thesis at the Institute of Planetology and Astrophysics of Grenoble (IPAG-OSUG, CNRS/UGA) and the Institut de Radioastronomie (…)

Published on November 17, 2025

Last week, four lasers were projected into the skies above the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO’s) Paranal site in Chile. The lasers are each used to create an artificial star, which astronomers use to measure and then correct the blur caused by Earth’s atmosphere. The striking launch of these lasers, one from each of the eight-metre telescopes at Paranal, in which the Université Grenoble Alpes is participating through its IPAG laboratory (UGA/CNRS), is a significant milestone of the (…)

Published on September 11, 2025

What if glaciers could reveal the hidden history of antibiotic resistance ? The European project Paleo-MARE, supported by an ERC Consolidator Grant, explores a little-known but pressing question : how heavy metal pollution may have shaped the persistence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment.
Why drill glaciers to study a global health threat ?
Microorganisms are at the heart of Earth’s ecosystems. But over centuries, human activities—especially the use of heavy (…)

Published on July 11, 2025

From 16 June to 25 July, an international team led by meteorologists from the University of Innsbruck is conducting extensive measurements in the Inn and Adige valleys, the Sarntal Alps, and the Bavarian Alpine foothills. The data will help deepen our understanding of air exchange processes over mountainous terrain and the links between local, regional, and global weather processes. As part of a year-long observational campaign data are also collected using research aircraft. Among the (…)

Published on June 04, 2025

Most stars in the Universe exist in binary or multiple star systems, where the presence of close-in companion stars in such systems can adversely influence the formation and orbital stability of planets around one of the stars. An international team of astrophysicists, involved scientist from institut de planétologie et d’astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG-OSUG, CNRS/UGA), led by Professor Man Hoi LEE from the Department of Earth Sciences and the Department of Physics at The University of Hong (…)